Primary esophageal T cell lymphoma

A 60 year-old woman with primary esophageal T-cell lymphoma in clinical sta ge IEB is pre sented. Immunohistologic examination showed tumor cells to be positive for anti-LCA, anti-UCHL-1, anti-MT-1, anti-CD3 antibodies, and ne gative for anti-L26 antibody. Disappearance of dysphagia and improvement in esophageal findings were noted after 65 Gy of irradiation, and biopsy spec imens from the esophagus revealed no malignancy. Primary esophageal lymphom a is extremely rare, and this T-cell lymphoma is only the fourth case repor ted in the literature.